Proposal 1

Proposed by Chris Smith, seconded by Peter Colins

Investment in future work on Alan the Dalek
Alan the Dalek is an iconic part of the space but has been immobile for some time now mostly down to a faulty motor controller. This could be rectified with some small funding. There are also plans to replace the dome and neck section eventually and add some animatronics making him a fairly menacing piece of kit.
I am proposing a small amount of cash from space funds be invested to continue the work.

• Option 1―Leave Alan as he is; a group member project with individual donations and parts being organised by those involved.
• Option 2―No So Make It funds to be used at all but a separate donations pot to be made managed by the space
• Option 3―Space will match pledges and donations up to the value of £100 from So Make It funds
• Option 4―Space will match pledges and donations up to the value of £200 from So Make It funds

Proposal 2

Proposed by Chris Smith, seconded by Dave Rowntree We want approval from the membership to proceed with the purchase of a laser cutter for the makerspace by the trustees once a suitable choice of machine has been made and once a plan for installation, training, safety and operation has been made. Estimate costs of the laser cutter will be around £2500 upwards depending on funds available and models chosen. A guide to machines we have been looking at so far is here.

Options to vote on are as follows:

• Option 1―We don't need a laser cutter or at least shouldn't be our spending money on one.
• Option 2―We need a laser cutter but don't want this to be a decision made by trustees and should talk about it some more.
• Option 3―We need a laser cutter and am completely happy for the trustees to spend whatever they agree is needed (decided by a quorum)
• Option 4―We need a laser cutter and am happy for the trustees to use makerspace funds to match pledges towards it up to the amount of £500
• Option 5―We need a laser cutter and am happy for the trustees to use makerspace funds to match pledges towards it up to the amount of £1000
• Option 6―We need a laser cutter and am happy for the trustees to use makerspace funds to match pledges towards it up to the amount of £1500
• Option 7-We need a laser cutter and am happy for the trustees to use makerspace funds to match pledges towards it up to the amount of £2000
• Option 8―We need a laser cutter and am happy for the trustees to use makerspace funds to match pledges towards it up to the amount of £2500

Please note depending on the status of the financial report, some of those options with the larger amounts may not be available. If they are not available, a vote registered for that option will be transferred to a vote the next available amount.

Proposal 3

Proposed by Richard Graham, seconded by Jem Gillam

The A0 printer is very nearly ready for use, it just has a couple of things which we need to spend money on to get it working in good order.

This proposal is asking for a budget of £70 to spend on paper (£40-£45) and a new print head.

Everything else we have replacements for and the printer will work well with our Windows laptops. The paper will be a 30m or 45m length, and the printer works out to a cost of £1 per foot printed.

This is a good investment. This is with view to having the A0 printer be another service we can offer to both members and non-members and can become a self sustaining assuming we charge enough for the printing to cover parts which may need to be bought in the future.

• Option 1―No funds to be given to the A0 printer
• Option 2―A budget of £70 is to be given to the A0 printer in order to get it in a good working order

Note: Any alternate proposals to the above need to be fully written out as the current ones are at the end so the numbers do not change. It is enough to say "The same as 4.1 except without clause X, or with the addition of Y"